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‘Treason’, ‘traitor’ and ‘collusion’ were among the top searched words after US President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday.

After their joint press conference in Helsinki, where Trump refused to blame Putin for Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election, dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster revealed the top searches on Twitter.

During the summit Trump said: ‘They think it’s Russia, I have President Putin – he just said it’s not Russia. I don’t see any reason why it would be.’

U.S. President Donald Trump during his joint summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday (Picture: Getty Images)

‘I think things might be shifting after the combination of the indictments last Friday, the indictment yesterday and watching Trump essentially commit treason in front of the world today.’

Another one added: ‘This man, the President of the United States of America, stands accused of high treason with a hostile foreign power to subvert our elections and undermine the US’s power both foreign and domestic.